title: Analysis of liquid reservoir effect induced by pulsed laser liquid jet.
abstract: A pulsed-laser-induced liquid jet (LILJ) is a new device used in neurosurgery to simultaneously crush, incise, and aspirate tissues and tumors, preserving blood vessels and nerves. In addition, a feature of a pulsed LILJ is its ability to excavate tissue at constant depth while a liquid jet is being repeatedly focused at the same point. To clarify the mechanisms of constant depth of excavation, we employed a gelatin phantom and extracted brain tissue using a high-speed camera, and we then confirmed that the liquid-reservoir-induced LILJ played an important role in enabling the safe usage of an LILJ.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arafune
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Washio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tominaga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004560:Electricity; D004867:Equipment Design; D005780:Gelatin; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007834:Lasers; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D034421:Sus scrofa
chemical_list: D005780:Gelatin